Photo of Broadway advertisement, 1940's (click "start exploring")
February 28, 2023
many, girls, musical, many, girls, broadway, musical, comedy, which, adapted, 1940, film, version, starring, lucille, ball, original, broadway, production, noteworthy, advancing, career, musician, desi, arnaz, music, composed, richard, rodgers, lyrics, lorenz,. Too Many Girls is a Broadway musical comedy which was adapted for a 1940 film version starring Lucille Ball The original Broadway production is noteworthy for advancing the career of musician Desi Arnaz The music was composed by Richard Rodgers the lyrics by Lorenz Hart and the book was by George Marion Jr Too Many GirlsCover of sheet music cropped MusicRichard RodgersLyricsLorenz HartBookGeorge Marion Jr Productions1939 Broadway Contents 1 Broadway 2 Film 3 Songs 4 Recording 5 References 6 External linksBroadway EditToo Many Girls opened on Broadway on October 18 1939 at the Imperial Theatre running to April 21 1940 and transferred to the Broadway Theatre on April 22 1940 closing on May 18 1940 The cast featured Desi Arnaz Diosa Costello Marcy Westcott Eddie Bracken Richard Kollmar Van Johnson and Hal Le Roy 1 Directed by George Abbott the Musical Staging was by Robert Alton scenery by Jo Mielziner and costumes by Raoul Pene Du Bois 2 The musical takes place in Skowhegan Maine and Pottawatomie College in Stop Gap New Mexico 2 Film EditMain article Too Many Girls film Arnaz and Bracken repeated their roles in the 1940 RKO Radio Pictures film version The film cast also featured Lucille Ball Richard Carlson Ann Miller and Van JohnsonSongs EditAct I Heroes in the Fall Second Robin Hood and Squad Tempt Me Not Manuelito Clint Kelley First Co Ed Second Co Ed Third Co Ed Fourth Co Ed Fifth Co Ed and Sixth Co Ed My Prince Consuelo Casey Pottawattamie Harvey Casey and Mr Lister Pottawattamie Reprise Male Quartette and Ensemble Cause We Got Cake Eileen Eilers Love Never Went to College Consuelo Casey and Clint Kelley Spic and Spanish Pepe I Like to Recognize the Tune Jojo Jordan Consuelo Casey Eileen Eilers Clint Kelley and Al Terwillinger Look Out Eileen Eilers and CompanyAct II The Sweethearts of the Team Eileen Eilers and Co Eds She Could Shake the Maracas Pepe and Manuelito I Didn t Know What Time It Was Consuelo Casey and Clint Kelley Spic and Spanish Reprise Pepe Consuelo Casey Eileen Eilers Al Terwillinger Clint Kelley Jojo Jordan Manuelito and Talullah Lou Too Many Girls Manuelito Give it Back to the Indians Eileen EilersRecording EditAn LP studio recording was released in 1977 produced by Ben Bagley on the Painted Smiles label and featuring Estelle Parsons and Anthony Perkins 3 References Edit Too Many Girls Playbill accessed May 15 2016 a b Too Many Girls ibdb com accessed May 15 2016 Ben Bagley presents Rodgers and Hart s Too many girls New York Painted Smiles 1977 OCLC 6606992 retrieved 2020 09 27External links EditToo Many Girls at IMDb Too Many Girls at the Internet Broadway Database Overview of show Photo of Broadway advertisement 1940 s click start exploring Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Too Many Girls musical amp oldid 980675472, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
